The International Data Corporation (IDC) reports Q4 2011 WW storage revenue revenues show 10.5% Y-o-Y growth, reaching revenues of around $3.8 billion-- a record quarter, according to the analyst. 

Global storage software revenues for 2011 total $14.6BN (another record high) with 11.6% Y-o-Y growth. 

Pushing the market to "record territory" are the Storage & Device Management and Data Protection & Recovery segments, which grow by 17.3% and 13.8% Y-o-Y respectively during Q4 2011. 

"Despite being a mature market, Data Protection & Recovery sales benefited Read more...

All-flash enterprise-class storage array maker WhipTail is pushing further towards our territories-- with co-founder Brian Feller relocating to London as EMEA VP and GM.

WhipTail EMEA clients include AMD, inVentiv Health, Weichert Realty and the UK Pensions Trust. 

The company sells what it says is the first all-flash storage array-- the XLR8r, which eliminates IO bottlenecks by allowing servers to process more data in less time. It delivers up to 25000 random wrote IOs, with response times reaching 0.1 milliseconds. 

The array uses multi-level cell Read more...

Imation announces a backup solution for SMBs wanting to combine the benefits of both tape- and cloud-based storage-- the DataGuard purpose-built backup appliance (PBBA) series. 

Currently available in two models (T5R and R4), DataGuard PBBAs are the first to handle storage over a single infrastructure using HDDs, removable RDX disk cartridges, replication and cloud storage.

The T5R includes five 3.5" SATA HDDs and one RDX dock, while the R4 carries four SATA HDDs and five USB ports (for optional external RDX docks). Storage on RDX media comes through Read more...

QNAP Systems launches version 3.6 of Turbo NAS Management firmware, with updates including enterprise features such as VPN, LDAP and proxy servers. 

The version 3.6 software also adds support for cloud photo and music sharing, MyCloudNAS 1.2, QPKG centre and a number of enchanced backup featuers. 

The company says the VPN server provides an economical means for customers to create a secure private network with up to 256-bit encryption, while LDAP server makes mass account management easier. 

The proxy server comes with "Squid" QPKG, which QNAP says Read more...